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Luke Pollard

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2017-12-13

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<p>Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel are part of the civil service. Therefore, responsibility
for setting their pay and terms and conditions lies with the Cabinet Office and Ministry
of Defence.</p><p> </p>

<p>Funding to establish a new Marine Protected Area (MPA) around Ascension Island
will be made available under the Blue Belt programme, and will be consistent with
funding for other MPAs. Funding for ongoing costs associated with the Ascension Island
MPA will be delivered at the forthcoming Spending Review.</p>

<p>The government committed to £15 million of funding in November 2016. The essential
improvement works are to begin in November of this year to strengthen the cliffs and
protect the sea wall at Dawlish. Further plans for major improvements of the seawall
at Dawlish will be published in the summer 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, we are investing
more than £400m in the rail network in the South West and will continue to work with
Network Rail and the Peninsula Rail Task Force to explore the potential for longer-term
improvements from summer 2019 onwards.</p>

<p>The purpose of the Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund is to catalyse private
sector investment into the electric vehicle chargepoint network. There are separate
interventions to support the uptake of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and roll out more
cutting edge infrastructure. This includes funding which will see additional hydrogen
refuelling stations being built as well as upgrades to existing refuelling infrastructure.
In addition, government funding has supported the opening of the UK’s first integrated
forecourt hydrogen refuelling station at the Shell Beaconsfield site, making it the
first location in the country selling hydrogen fuel as well as petrol and diesel.</p>

<p>On 16 May the government announced that it will fully fund the removal and replacement
of potentially dangerous ACM cladding on residential social housing buildings, which
are over 18 metres tall and owned by social landlords. This commitment is estimated
to cost £400 million.</p><p> </p><p>In the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the
government also established a comprehensive building safety programme and made it
clear that aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding on buildings over 18 meters
which was not compliant with building regulations guidance should be remediated by
the building owners. The government has provided £1m in financial support to help
local authorities identify high-rise private residential buildings with unsafe cladding.
This work will ensure that hazards in high rise residential buildings are addressed
and the government continues to work closely with local authorities, building owners
and leaseholder groups to establish what more can be done.</p>

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of
VAT which will be accrued to the public purse from the £400m allocated by the Government
to renew cladding on tower blocks that have failed fire safety tests.

<p>On 16 May the government announced that it will fully fund the removal and replacement
of potentially dangerous ACM cladding on residential social housing buildings, which
are over 18 metres tall and owned by social landlords. This commitment is estimated
to cost £400 million.</p><p> </p><p>In the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the
government also established a comprehensive building safety programme and made it
clear that aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding on buildings over 18 meters
which was not compliant with building regulations guidance should be remediated by
the building owners. The government has provided £1m in financial support to help
local authorities identify high-rise private residential buildings with unsafe cladding.
This work will ensure that hazards in high rise residential buildings are addressed
and the government continues to work closely with local authorities, building owners
and leaseholder groups to establish what more can be done.</p>

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been raised for the public
in each of the last five years from Air Passenger Duty by (a) reduced rate, (b) standard
rate and (c) higher rate in (i) band A and (ii) band B.

<p>This information is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Total receipts from Air Passenger
Duty are published at the following link and this also includes passenger numbers
declared by traders at the various bands and rates:</p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx"
target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx</a></p>

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many former Conservative Members of Parliament
who were defeated at the 2017 general election and who now work in his Department
were appointed after a publicly advertised and open recruitment process.

<p>Section 100A of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (CEMA) provides the
legal basis for the designation of free zones by HM Treasury and will continue to
do so following UK withdrawal from the EU. Applying for designation as a free zone
will be a commercial decision to be taken by private port operators.</p>

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary
of State for Transport on allocating funding in line with the Peninsula Rail Task
Force group's recommendations to improve journey times between Plymouth and Exeter.

<p>The Secretary of State for Transport has regular bilateral meetings with the Chancellor,
discussing a range of issues. Decisions on allocation of funding for rail enhancements
are a matter for the Secretary of State for Transport.</p>